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Early detection of cardiotoxicity in children receiving adriamycin: A comparison of tissue Doppler and standard echocardiography with Troponin I as an early marker
Background Adriamycin (doxorubicin hydrochloride) is a widely used chemotherapeutic agent for treating various malignancies. However, its most significant adverse effect is cardiac toxicity. Early det...
Categorized and individualized behavioral phenotyping approaches for control and triple-hit schizophrenia-like model rats in acute and chronic reward-based systems: A pilot study
A wide variety of acute test procedures are used for the behavioral characterization of schizophrenia rodent models, but prolonged observation in home-cage systems remains underexplored. This study ai...
Behavioral risk factors in oncology patients: A matched case control study from Yemen
Background Cancer is a significant public health challenge globally, marked by the uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells that can lead to severe morbidity and mortality. Modifiable lifestyle factors s...
Barriers to access to care in the implementation of telemedicine in public hospitals in Southern Ethiopia: A phenomenological qualitative study
Background Technological advancement has had a beneficial impact on enhancing healthcare globally. The adoption of telemedicine is a crucial component of digital health, but various obstacles have imp...
Pre-training heart rate variability as a predictor of Air Force Academy completion
Introduction Operational pilots are required to perform complex tasks under high stress and uncertainty. One of the major challenges of aviation medicine is the selection of suitable candidates to ser...
In-depth insight into the short-term effect of floor management practice on young apple trees development and soil microbial biodiversity and activity
Living mulches can be considered a practice providing multi-level benefits and several ecosystem services in orchards. Two multifunctional living mulches (Mix1 – Trifolium repens (20%) and Festuca ovi...
Interventions to improve cognitive performance in chronic kidney disease: A scoping review
Rationale & objective Cognitive impairment is commonly associated with chronic kidney disease (CKD. A number of intervention approaches have the potential to improve cognitive performance in CKD....
Ghrelin improves small intestinal barrier damage in sepsis by promoting miR-143/ATG2B-mediated autophagy
Intestinal barrier damage is crucial for the development of sepsis. Ghrelin (GHS) can restore intestinal barrier function. However, the mechanisms of GHS on intestinal barrier damage in sepsis remain...
AI-Assisted identification of sex-specific patterns in diabetic retinopathy using retinal fundus images
Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is a microvascular complication of diabetes that can lead to blindness if left untreated. Regular monitoring is crucial for detecting early signs of referable DR, and the pro...
Expression of Concern: An Improved Migratory Birds Optimization Algorithm for Closed- Loop Supply Chain Network Planning in a Fuzzy Environment
Homocysteine induces ferroptosis in cardiomyocytes by disrupting β-catenin/GPX4 pathway
Background Homocysteine can cause damage to cardiomyocytes, but the exact mechanism underlying that injury is unknown. And, ferroptosis contributes to both the initiation and progression of cardiac di...
Limited predictive value of traditional comorbidities for readmission in acute decompensated heart failure
Background Common comorbidities in heart failure (HF), including chronic kidney disease (CKD), diabetes mellitus (DM), ischemic heart disease (IHD), and atrial fibrillation, are frequently presumed to...
HU to RGB transformation with automatic windows selection for intracranial hemorrhage classification using ncCT
This work focuses on preprocessing for classifying five categories of Intracranial Hemorrhage (ICH) using non-contrast computed tomography (ncCT). It involves assigning suitable values to window-width...
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on pregnancy complications and conceptions resulting in births following spontaneous conception and in-vitro fertilization in British Columbia: A population-based study
Objectives To investigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic’s onset on clinical and demographic characteristics, pregnancy complications, and monthly conception rates resulting in births through spo...
Radioactive contamination and climate warming affect physiological performance of Chornobyl barn swallows
Global warming and degradation of natural habitats are the two main factors causing ecophysiological stress on individuals and risk for biodiversity. Hyperthermia is a common response to stress in hom...
Primary determinants of water yield services in arid NW China: An empirical analysis of Gansu Province
Water yield services (WYs) play a crucial role in the hydrological cycle and water resource allocation in terrestrial ecosystems. Therefore, modeling their dynamic variation characteristics and drivin...
Features and signals in precocious citation impact: A meta-research study
The current analysis aimed to evaluate the profiles of scientists who reach top citation impact in a very short time once they start publishing. Precocious citation impact was defined as rising to bec...
Assessment of implementation challenges of electronic medical record in Yekatit 12 hospital medical college
Background The implementing challenges of Electronic Medical Records (EMR) refer to the difficulties and obstacles faced by healthcare organizations during the process of implementing and integrating...
Dance behaviour in cockatoos: Implications for cognitive processes and welfare
Parrots (Aves, Psittaciformes) in captivity have been reported to show dance behaviour in response to music, which may involve complex cognitive processes including imitation, vocal learning and entra...
Site-specific growth dynamics and yield patterns in Populus deltoides against edaphic variability over seven age-gradations
Most studies are focusing on general soil fertility effects on poplar growth rather than site-specific variations in edaphic factors considering the soil texture and profile as factors on poplar produ...
Do skin bacteriostatic agents reduce acute radiodermatitis in breast cancer patients? A prospective interventional study
Objective Radiodermatitis is the most prevalent complication in breast cancer patients undergoing radiotherapy. Emerging evidence suggests a correlation between radiodermatitis and Staphylococcus aure...
Retraction: Facile, one-pot biosynthesis and characterization of iron, copper and silver nanoparticles using Syzygium cumini leaf extract: As an effective antimicrobial and aflatoxin B1 adsorption agents
PyNoetic: A modular python framework for no-code development of EEG brain-computer interfaces
Electroencephalography (EEG)-based Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCIs) have emerged as a transformative technology with applications spanning robotics, virtual reality, medicine, and rehabilitation. Howe...
Correction: Dental radiography and safety awareness: Insights from radiographers, dentists, and students in a cross-sectional study
Development of a tissue-specific bioscaffold for intestinal stem cell culture
The generation of a tissue-specific intestinal hydrogel derived from the native intestine has the potential to support and promote the growth of intestinal organoids. In this study, we aimed to develo...